We are pleased to announce that the AfriNIC-13 Public Policy Meeting will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 20-26 November 2010.

During the meeting we will hear from professionals in our region operating Internet services and infrastructure, and also welcome global industry partners to contribute to topical issues related to IP networking that affect the African region. These will include updates on IPv6 deployment in all sectors, Internet Numbers Resources management policies under discussion in the AfriNIC region, as well as
an update on policy development in the global arena. AfriNIC will also host its Government Working Group meeting and a Law Enforcement Workshop on 24 November.

Participants will have the opportunity to engage in hands-on workshops in IPv6 for Network Operators; a 3 day Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) workshop for trainers, and a one day discussion on CERT for managers and policy makers.

You are warmly invited to join us at, and to share experiences and knowledge with Internet experts from the AfriNIC region, and from around the world who will be present at this event.

If you are interested in making presentations, or offering tutorials, and/or technical demonstrations during the AfriNIC-13 meeting you will find related information at:

http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13/index.php/call-for-presentations

All submissions should be sent to meeting at afrinic.net before 20 September.

General information about the AfriNIC-13 meeting can be found on the meeting website at:

http://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-13/

Registration for the meeting will open on 1 September 2010.

We wish to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and confidence in AfriNIC, and we look forward to welcoming you and your colleagues to South Africa and to another successful AfriNIC meeting.